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Music, Music Feature Oct 1, 2020
Slideshow
The Hyde Park Jazz Festival takes it to the streets

With short sets from small groups in unexpected spots, the festival creates a communal experience that’s pandemic safe.
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Feature, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, livestream, pop-up concerts, Kate Dumbleton, Midway Plaisance, Rockefeller Chapel, Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago, Hyde Park, Kenwood, Washington Park, Alexis Lombre Quartet, Jahari Stampley, Greg Ward, Rogue Parade, Charles Heath, Ramsey Lewis, Dee Alexander, A-Team, Protest, Marquis Hill, Circle in the Round, Dana Hall, Junius Paul, Michael King, Irvin Pierce, the Silent Hour, Mike Reed, Tomeka Reid, Jason Adasiewicz, Loose Assembly, Russ Johnson, Jakob Heinemann, Oakland, Maggie Brown, Green Line Performing Arts Center, Fred Jackson Jr., Avreeayl Ra, Oakland Museum of Contemporary Art, Milton Mizenberg Jr., Nick Mazzarella, Quin Kirchner, Madison Park, Russ Johnson Quartet, Lenard Simpson, Ken Vandermark, Black Monument Ensemble, Damon Locks, Iowa Building, World’s Columbian Exposition, Thaddeus Tukes, Mike Frasier, Chicago Freedom Ensemble, Slideshow

Music, Music Feature Aug 27, 2020
Video
Chicago’s September jazz festivals cope with COVID

The city is replacing its traditional huge outdoor affair with a slimmed-down online event, while the smaller, nimbler Hyde Park Jazz Festival plans to try pop-up in-person shows.
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago Jazz Festival, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Millennium Park at Home: Jazz Music, Jazz Postcards, pandemic, coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, DCASE, Jazz Showcase, Green Mill, Constellation, Elastic Arts, Experimental Sound Studio, Quarantine Concerts, Option Series, Catalytic Sound, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Adam Zanolini, Kate Dumbleton, Peter Margasak, Solo Impro Festival, Doek Festival, Cristina Marx, Millennium Park Summer Music Series, Jon Langford, Sam Trump, Zeshan B, Mucca Pazza, the Promontory, Dee Alexander, Khari B., Junius Paul Quartet, Souleyes—An Exercise in Reconstruction, Jazz Festival Citywide, Citywide Jazz, Midway Plaisance, University of Chicago, Logan Center for the Arts, Bobby Broom Trio, Tito Carrillo Quintet, Twin Talk, Nick Mazzarella Trio, Abigail Riccards, Von Freeman, Clifford Jordan, Fred Hersch Trio, Muhal Richard Abrams, Experimental Band, Myra Melford, Angel Bat Dawid, Corey Wilkes, Greg Ward, Tomeka Reid, Avreeayl Ra, Joshua Abrams, HPJF, Video

Music, Chicagoans of Note Jun 9, 2020
Video
Olivia Junell, codirector of Experimental Sound Studio

“Right before the shelter-in-place got announced, we started thinking: OK, how can we help?”
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: Chicagoans of Note, Adam Vida, Alex Inglizian, Ben Billington, Billie Howard, Carrie Cooper, Chicago Jazz String Summit, Corbett vs. Dempsey, COVID-19 relief fundraisers, Creative Audio Archive, Damon Locks, Dan Mohr, Daniel Wyche, Eddy Alvarez, Eduardo Francisco Rosario, Elastic Arts, Elastro, Ende Tymes Festival, Erica Miller, ESS, Experimental Sound Studio, Feed Your Head Collective, Gianna Floyd, Hideout, Honey Pot Performance, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, JayVe Montgomery, Kate Dumbleton, Laetitia Sonami, Lou Mallozzi, Luke Stewart, Lumpen, Navajo Nation COVID-19 Relief Fund, Nick Wylie, Olivia Junell, Paul DeMarinis, Quarantine Concerts, Rebuild Foundation, Reclaim the Block, Resonance, Sam Lewis, Shelter in Space, Social Norms, Soundpocket, Sue-C, Tamir Rice Foundation, Tomeka Reid, Vidium, Video

Music, Music Feature Sep 30, 2019
Slideshow
Photos: The Hyde Park Jazz Festival

The south side’s own world-class jazz fest played host to dozens of shows and more than a hundred musicians.
- By Philip Montoro and Michael Jackson
- Tags: Music Feature, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Hyde Park Jazz Society, photos, Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago, Hyde Park, jazz, Angel Bat Dawid, Requiem for Jazz, Isaiah Collier, The Story of 400 Years, Karuna, Hamid Drake, Adam Rudolph, Mary Halvorson, MacArthur, Sylvie Courvoisier, Greg Ward, Ambrose Akinmusire, Amir ElSaffar, Tia Fuller, Dana Hall, Spring, Dee Alexander, Maggie Brown, Sam Trump, Orbert Davis, Ari Brown, Juan Pastor, Pharez Whitted, Project Tool, Tito Carillo, Nick Mazzarella, Quin Kirchner, Tia Fuller, Kate Dumbleton, Slideshow

Music, Music Feature Apr 7, 2016
Video
How will ESS replace Lou Mallozzi?

The cofounder and executive director of Experimental Sound Studio is stepping down—and the rest of the staff is stepping up.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, Lou Mallozzi, Dawn Mallozzi, Experimental Sound Studio, Ken Vandermark, Olivia Block, Michael Zerang, Jaap Blonk, Hal Rammel, Malachi Ritscher, Sun Ra, El Saturn Records, Creative Audio Archive, Florasonic, Outer Ear, Oscillations, Waveform, Option, Lynn Book, Lawrence Steger, Brigid Murphy, David Hernandez, Carlos Cumpian, Gene Coleman, Douglas Ewart, Laurie Lee Moses, Jeff Kowalkowski, Lower Links, Randolph Street Gallery, Nicolas Collins, George Lewis, Elliott Sharp, Sonambient Pavilion, Adam Vida, Dan Mohr, Alex Inglizian, Olivia Junell, Allison Schein, Kate Dumbleton, Ed Herrmann, Drew Roulo, Darin Walsh, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 22, 2016
Video
Ken Vandermark celebrates his latest project with a solo concert

Ken Vandermark's Site Specific consists of two discs of solo recordings packaged in a 200-page book of his photography.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Ken Vandermark, Audio One, Nate Wooley, Audiographic Records, Site Specific, All Directions Home, What Thomas Bernhard Saw, "Boxers and Dancers, " "Cavern 1, " Tim Barnes, Kate Dumbleton, Video

Music, Music Sidebar Sep 26, 2013
The Hyde Park Jazz Festival paints a portrait of the Chicago scene

Thirty-two acts at 11 venues, including Dee Alexander, Anat Cohen, Ken Vandermark, and Gerald Clayton
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Kate Dumbleton, Gerald Clayton, Anat Cohen, Douglas Lora, Willie Pickens, Jeff Parker Trio, Ken Vandermark, Music of the Midwest School, Tomeka Reid, Dee Alexander, Sun Ra, DownBeat magazine, Peter Margasak, Eternals, Damon Locks, Frank Rosaly's Green and Gold, Logan Center, International House, DuSable Museum, Univ. of Chicago Logan Center for the Arts, DuSable Museum of African American History, International House, University of Chicago

Blogs, Bleader Sep 28, 2012
Audio
The rise of the Hyde Park Jazz Festival

The sixth annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival opens up its artistic parameters
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Miguel Zenón, Kate Dumbleton, Wycliffe Gordon, jazz, Greg Ward, Sun Rooms, Dee Alexander, Dana Hall, Tomeka Reid, Zach Brock, Laurent Coq, La Muerte de Rocamadour, Rayuela, Audio

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The Hyde Park Jazz Festival takes it to the streets

With short sets from small groups in unexpected spots, the festival creates a communal experience that’s pandemic safe.

Video
Chicago’s September jazz festivals cope with COVID

The city is replacing its traditional huge outdoor affair with a slimmed-down online event, while the smaller, nimbler Hyde Park Jazz Festival plans to try pop-up in-person shows.

Video
Olivia Junell, codirector of Experimental Sound Studio

“Right before the shelter-in-place got announced, we started thinking: OK, how can we help?”

Slideshow
Photos: The Hyde Park Jazz Festival

The south side’s own world-class jazz fest played host to dozens of shows and more than a hundred musicians.

Video
How will ESS replace Lou Mallozzi?

The cofounder and executive director of Experimental Sound Studio is stepping down—and the rest of the staff is stepping up.

Video
Ken Vandermark celebrates his latest project with a solo concert

Ken Vandermark's Site Specific consists of two discs of solo recordings packaged in a 200-page book of his photography.

The Hyde Park Jazz Festival paints a portrait of the Chicago scene

Thirty-two acts at 11 venues, including Dee Alexander, Anat Cohen, Ken Vandermark, and Gerald Clayton

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The rise of the Hyde Park Jazz Festival

The sixth annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival opens up its artistic parameters

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With short sets from small groups in unexpected spots, the festival creates a communal experience that’s pandemic safe.

The city is replacing its traditional huge outdoor affair with a slimmed-down online event, while the smaller, nimbler Hyde Park Jazz Festival plans to try pop-up in-person shows.

“Right before the shelter-in-place got announced, we started thinking: OK, how can we help?”

The south side’s own world-class jazz fest played host to dozens of shows and more than a hundred musicians.

The cofounder and executive director of Experimental Sound Studio is stepping down—and the rest of the staff is stepping up.

Ken Vandermark's Site Specific consists of two discs of solo recordings packaged in a 200-page book of his photography.

Thirty-two acts at 11 venues, including Dee Alexander, Anat Cohen, Ken Vandermark, and Gerald Clayton

The sixth annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival opens up its artistic parameters

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